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Indigenous South American tribes relied on jerked meat as a stable, portable food source for at least 100 years before Lewis and Clark followed suit in their exploration of what would become the western United States. Today, beef jerky is a common snack food and still appreciated by outdoorsmen for its long life and light weight, but most of it possesses a chewy texture. Enter VACA, which is touted as the “unjerky.” Made using marbled beef, it is double-dehydrated to produce thin, crisp pieces that are enhanced with intense flavors. The result is a satisfying, low-carbohydrate snack that replenishes the…

A surprising variety of metal injection molded (MIM) parts are used in today’s guns and OEM offerings. The manufacturing process is light years ahead of what it once was, and the final products are stronger, more resilient and can be manufactured at tighter tolerances than ever before. It’s also invading a high-pressure application—cartridge cases. American Rifleman mentioned development was underway in an April article about innovative case designs, but we finally caught up with Shawn Rhodes, the principle mechanical engineer at Concurrent Technologies Corporation, the company blazing a MIM trail. “Our journey with MIM cartridge case technology began in 2014…

(Continued from Part 6.) 3.7 – Improving Our Soil Before A T2E Those with experience growing crops have learned that the fertility of their soil or the ability to add fertilizer has a large impact on crop yields. The best option to prepare for an emergency is to add fertility now into our soil. It is like keeping our vehicles at least half full of gas, it will be ready to use when we need it. When I first started gardening I skimped on improving my soil and most of my harvests were mediocre. When I spent more money and…

Reader D.S.V. wrote to tell me of the passing of actress June Lockhart, at age 100. JWR’s Comment: Not mentioned in the brief obituary is that June Lockhart was a devoted Christian. — On October 26, 1826, the Erie Canal between the Hudson River and Lake Erie opened. — October 26, 1881: A feud between the Earp brothers (Wyatt, Virgil, and Morgan) and an outlaw gang led by Ike Clanton escalated into a celebrated gunfight at the O.K. Corral in Tombstone, Arizona Territory. — Today is the birthday of Henry Deringer (October 26, 1786 – February 28, 1868) was an…

The Gnome watched again as the sun set from his treestand—another day without spotting the elusive peryton. He was growing bored of sitting in a tree waiting for the creature to emerge. He’d sat up there for days, listening to squirrels bicker and crows laugh at him. But the Gnome knew his best chance at arrowing the winged stag would be to keep sitting right where he was.This wasn’t like hunting a whitetail or even an elk. The Gnome had picked a tall old tree by an open meadow because he expected the creature to fly in, not just step…